Category: Art
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Calling Up (Rite of Passage 2/2)
[Continued from Part 1] I wake up, not quite able to remember how I got here, or how long I’d been asleep. I’m not even sure I’m awake now — it is pitch dark, and I have that drowsy, warm feeling I have right when I’m on the edge of…
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Calling Out (Rite of Passage 1/2)
March 20, 2005 [Inspired by Chapter 3 of Healing the Masculine Soul] As usual, I’m lying on the couch reading, with our dog Rajee by my side. Probably a Hardy Boys or Tom Swift Jr. novel; maybe an Isaac Asimov sci-fi story. I rarely play outside or have friends over.…
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Our Father, Part Punk
I’ve been experimenting with paraphrasing the Lord’s prayer to capture various perspectives. Today, somewhat unintentionally, I used the Lord’s prayer to help me cope with unmitigated rage. The result came out rather like a punk rock song. A bit unorthodox, but somehow I think the Psalmist would approve. [Read more]…
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Our Father, Part III
Yet another take on the Lord’s Prayer, this one from the first person volitional perspective of “I want.”
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Our Father, Part II
Another take on the “Our Father.” This one perhaps more from the heart, and less from the head.
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Our Father
On Geekz2Men, my friend Robby Butler of TheMissionNetwork suggested praying the Lord’s prayer daily, in our own words, to gain a better understanding of what Fatherhood and Manhood are. Here’s what I came up with, with a little help from Chris Hahn.
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Wrestling for My Name
September 28, 2004 I step onto the field. Though the night is dark, I see my Opponent waiting for me, the Author of all my miseries. I flex my hands, eager for the combat. “Mal’ak,” I cry. “Step aside, or face my wrath.” My Opponent does not move. He does…
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The Prize Cow
March 29, 2004 A dramatized account of a dream I had last night… Ellie Mae was the first girl ever chosen for the annual egg-spinning contest with the rival high school in her rural Kentucky town. And she wasn’t happy about it. The contest was supposedly based on some high-falutin’…
Radically Happy 